Q 01/05

What did the initialism ESPN originally stand for?

A) Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

B) Eastern Sports Production Network

C) Electronic Sports Programming Network

D) Extended Sports and Pastimes Network

Answer · why

A) Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The plan grew from one state's games to a 24-hour national channel when renting a satellite around the c...

Q 02/05

ESPN's 2020 documentary series The Last Dance followed the final championship season of which NBA team?

A) Houston Rockets

B) Boston Celtics

C) Chicago Bulls

D) Detroit Pistons

Answer · why

C) Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls. ESPN had planned the series for June 2020, but with the pandemic wiping out live sport it rushed the premiere forward to April, and it ...

Q 03/05

In which Connecticut town is ESPN headquartered?

A) Hartford

B) Plainville

C) Bristol

D) New Haven

Answer · why

C) Bristol

Bristol. The founders had first rented offices in nearby Plainville, but a local ordinance against satellite dishes forced the new channel to find lan...

Q 04/05

Bill Rasmussen conceived ESPN in 1978 after being fired by which team?

A) Hartford Hawks

B) New York Islanders

C) Boston Bruins

D) New England Whalers

Answer · why

D) New England Whalers

New England Whalers. He had been the hockey team's communications director and announcer; out of work, he went looking for a way to put Connecticut's ...

Q 05/05

Which company bought control of ESPN in February 1979, months before the channel went on air?

A) Getty Oil

B) Texaco

C) Mobil

D) Gulf+Western

Answer · why

A) Getty Oil

Getty Oil. It put in $10 million to diversify, watched the bill climb with no profit in sight, and had given up on the channel by the time it sold in ...